Electric machine.



- J. B. ROCHE.

ELECTRIC MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21, 1914.

. Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

814 uwtm (TOIITIBvROC/IQ rrED STATES P Nr FFIQE.

JOHN B. ROCHE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

ELECTRIC MACHINE.

' Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Jam. 19, 1915. 7

Application filed January 21, 191i. Seiial Ntms'nss.

Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the containing cases for storingand carrying electric machines that are constructed and equipped formedicinal purposes, and its objects are: First, to provide a case inwhich the entire electrical appliances may be stored and carried in thesmallest possible space and with each individual part in position to bemade readily available. Second, to provide a case for storing andcarrying electro-medical' appliances with which the energizingappliances and the transmission appliances are permanently fixed in thecase and each may be made to assume its proper position when the case isopened and ready for use, and, third, to provide a means for properlytransmitting the electric current to the desired points, and tosuccessfully transmit the same through the patient, or any desiredportion of the patient. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a plan ofthe case and its electric appliances in position v for use. Fig. 2 is asectional view of the same on the line at m of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is an endview of the-case closed, and Fig. 4 is" a front view of the same.

Similar figuresof reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

This case is designed to close up, and stand, normally, upon one of. thenarrow edges, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, and the part marked 1 isthe containing case for the electrical appliances. To the lower end ofthis case is hinged a bottom 2, beveled or mitered at eachedge to form aright angled construction when the case is closed, and so arranged thatboth the bottom 2 and the cover 3 may be made to lie upon the same planewith the bottom of the back side of the case 1. The bottom 2 1spivotally connected with the back of the case 1, and to the front of thecase 3 by means of hinges 4 and 5, as indicated in F igs. 1, 2 and 4,and the transmission plates 17 and 19' are secured to the inner surfaceof the cover 3', and are electrically connected by means of 'a metallicwire, as indicated at 18. In this machine electricity is generated inthe batteries 7 7, in the usual manner, and conducted, by means of themetallic conductors 28 and 29 to, and through the electromagnet 8 bymeans of which the armature 26 is made to alternately make and break thecontact with the post 27. In operation the electric current is conductedfrom the batteries 7 7 through 8 over the metallic I conductor indicatedat .9 to the post 10, when by connecting the switch 11 with 10 thecurrent is conducted over the wire 12 to the post 13, thence over thewire 1,4: to one of the hinges 4, and over the wire 15 to one of thehinges 5 and thence over the wire 16 to the metallic conductor plates 17and 19, and to complete the circuit the sponge 20 is applied to thesubject, as indicated at 2031 in' Fig. 2, whence' the' current iscarried over the wire 21 to the .post 22, and thence over the. wire 23to the switch 25, and by carrying 'the switch 25 in contact with any oneof the posts 32 the current is completed. It will be readily understoodthat by this line of wiring, and by utilizing one pair of the hinges4.'5 in the lineof electric conductors the case may be opened andclosed. spread out perfectly flat or given the desired form andpositions without in any way interfering with the electrical appliancesor necessitating the adjustment or changing ofany of its parts exceptthe necessary switches 25 and 11.

At 6 6 I have shown cases .for the reception of the batteries 7. 7, andat 30 I have shown the ordinary base for supporting the several electricappliances necessary in the make up of the machine, though not apart ofmy present invention,,but shown to indicate the application of my caseto this form of electric machine. This case is designed to be placedupon the floor in such a manner that a patient may stand upon thecontact plates, or to be held in vertical position so a patient may liein bed or in any convenient positlon and place the feet upon the contactplates, as 1ndicated in Fig. 2.

The rubber feet 33, 33 are placed at the upper edge of the front of thecase to hold this edge up so the weight of the pat ent will not be borneby the catch loop 3 1C" 35 indicates the handle by means of which thecase is to be carried, and 36 represents a hook, and 37 an eye by meansof which the bottom of the case is secured to the body.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, 1s:

1. In combination with an electric machine, a case therefor made up of abody inclosed at the back, the ends and one side, a bottom pivoted tothe back with metallic hinges, a front pivoted to the bottom withmetallic hinges, contact plates secured to the front, and metallicconnection from the electric machine through the hinges to the contactplates, and a return conductor, as shown and described.

2. In combination with an electric machineand batteries, a case thereformade in three parts, a body, a bottom and a front, the bottom pivotallysecured. to the body at one edge, and to the front at the other edgewith metallic hinges, contact plates secured to the front, electricconductors from the batteries through the hinges to the plates and meansfor securing the bottom and the front to the body in closed form.

3. In combination With an electric machine and battery, a case thereforarranged to be opened with the back, bottom and front upon the sameplane, and means for conducting an electric current from the battery tothe front when the case is opened Without readjustment of the electricalparts.

Signed at Grand Rapids Michigan January 5 1914:.

JOHN B. ROCHE. In presence of I. J..C1LLEY,

CHAS. V. HILDING.

